This needs assessment is targeted for a classroom of English language learners who are at the CLB 1 level since I have experience volunteering in a classroom for foundations literacy to CLB 1 level students. Since learners at this level have little English knowledge, the teacher must read and explain each question while the class follows along. I used tasks and learning goals related to the four language skills (i.e. listening, speaking, reading, and writing).

This assessment would be used as an ongoing assessment that would examine the learners' skills, interests, and priorities related to a new unit. I chose health/medicine as the subject for my needs assessment since health-related tasks are often difficult for newcomers to navigate, especially those with little English knowledge. This needs assessment focuses on the importance that learners' place on goals/tasks related to health/medicine and how well they believe they can do them. Learners must circle the values that represent the level of importance for each goal/task and personal ability. Information from this assessment would be used to centre lesson planning on a specific task while using activities with different skills to support the students' learning.